LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin touted Kentucky’s economic performance under his leadership Friday while Democratic challenger Andy Beshear promoted his plans to swiftly reverse the incumbent’s decisions on health care and education if he’s elected. During a radio interview, Beshear previewed his plans for an aggressive first week in the governor’s office that he said would “set…
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Some students at one Kentucky university are using GPS devices to track box turtles and learn about the technology’s value. Murray State University assistant wildlife biology professor Andrea Darracq says students work in the classroom to build the tracking devices and go into the field at an off-campus university property to locate the turtles. The university…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Companies tied to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice have been ordered to pay $35 million in damages for defaulting on a mining contract. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the lawsuit stems from a 2005 deal in which Kentucky Fuel gained the right to mine coal in Breathitt County in exchange for royalties. The company, operated at the…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A former Morehead State University employee is accused of defrauding the school of more than $167,000. News outlets report Sherri Ward was indicted last week on charges of fraudulent credit card use and second-degree forgery. She pleaded not guilty. She’s accused of forging a professor’s signature on Morehead State University Foundation fund transfers ranging from $500…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has started making his closing case for a second term in Kentucky. At the start of a daylong bus tour Friday, Bevin said Kentuckians are better off than they were four years ago. The governor pointed to job growth and surges in investments and exports of Kentucky products. Bevin is heading toward…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — The McCracken County Humane Society is struggling after taking in 65 dogs in two days. The Paducah Sun reports it started on Sunday with the report of a pit bull puppy in bad shape. The puppy later died, and on Monday 10 dogs, most of them pit bulls, were removed from the residence. One of them…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Government employees in Kentucky who sued over state investment decisions have taken their case to the state’s Supreme Court after a lower court said they lacked standing to file suit. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Thursday. The fraud lawsuit was filed two years ago by a group of public workers. The Lexington Herald-Leader…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The University of Louisville Athletic Association will pay Papa John’s founder John Schnatter $9.5 million over 5½ years in a settlement to terminate the pizza chain’s naming rights to Cardinal Stadium. The school last year removed the Papa John’s name and logo from the 60,800-seat stadium amid fallout from a report that Schnatter used a racial…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s top elections official says absentee voting is open statewide ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes says all counties were required to open in-person absentee voting no later than Oct. 18. She says eligible voters who won’t be able to vote at the polls on Election Day can vote absentee…
(Credit: Pixabay)JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — An elected official of a Kentucky county has once again been indicted on a charge of abusing public trust. WYMT-TV reports Breathitt County Judge-Executive Jeff Noble also was indicted Wednesday on a charge of theft by unlawful taking. Court documents say Noble is accused of spending $986 in public funds to buy fuel for personal…
